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Recent News About Drake University
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CPHS Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee Created; Hansen Appointed Director of Initiative
Aligning with the College’s vision to be a diverse community of learners leading the way to a healthy world, a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee was recently added to the College’s standing committee structure.
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Drake University to triple size of scholarship and mentorship program for students of color
Crew Scholars program demonstrates success with graduation rates in the 90% percentile
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Student Attorneys in Drake’s Entrepreneurial and Transactional Clinic provide critical services to ensure the success of area nonprofits
Hawthorn Hill and their partner agency, Bidwell Riverside Center (Bidwell), provide life-changing assistance to individuals and families experiencing food insecurity and homelessness in the greater Des Moines community.
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Multi-Factor Authentication Now Required for Drake Systems
Beginning this morning, multi-factor authentication (MFA) is now required when logging in to web-based versions of Microsoft Office 365 (includes myDrake, Outlook, Teams, OneDrive, etc.), Blackboard, Self Service, Touchnet, eAccounts, StarFish, Banner Admin pages, and Slate.
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Iowa STEM ScaleUp Program at Drake University Renewed
Educating the next generation of healthcare professionals in Iowa STEM classrooms
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CPHS Announces Nita Pandit Student Research Award
Drake University’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (CPHS) is pleased to announce the establishment of the Nita (Nivedita) Pandit Student Research Award.
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Dogtown development project near Drake University receives approval from Urban Design Review Board
With today’s Urban Design Review Board approval, Merge Urban Development (Merge) of Cedar Falls, Iowa, is one step closer to starting their transformational project at 25th Street and University Avenue in the Dogtown district of the Drake neighborhood.
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Injury Impoverished: Professor’s award winning book on workplace danger out in paperback
Nate Holdren, associate professor of law, politics, and society at Drake University, recently published a book on workplace injury.
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3L Brecklyn Carey Reflects on Law School Career Before December Graduation
Brecklyn Carey caught the law bug after participating in a mock trial based on the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton as a middle-schooler in Atlantic, Iowa.
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McCreedy Receives Inaugural Alexander Scholarship for Rural Iowa Health
McKenna McCreedy, a third-year student pharmacist, was awarded the inaugural Joe and Gordon Alexander Pharmacy Scholarship.
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Fall Commencement
This is a date from Drake University's official Academic Calendar, which is updated and maintained by the Office of the Registrar.
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Maggie Parker: Senior Voice Recital
Saturday, December 11 at 7:30pm
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Day free for study
This is a date from Drake University's official Academic Calendar, which is updated and maintained by the Office of the Registrar.
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Pathways for Civic Action & Social Change Open Office Hours on November 30
Learn about ways to get involved in the community and different strategies needed to create change.
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RESCHEDULED: Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian Jon Meacham to deliver Bucksbaum Lecture April 6
The Martin Bucksbaum Distinguished Lecture Series has been rescheduled for April 6, 2022, at 7 p.m. at the Knapp Center on Drake University’s campus.
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Drake University School of Journalism and Mass Communication Names Next Dean
Following a national search, Catherine Staub has been named as the next dean of the Drake University School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Drake announced today.
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Terry Branstad Named Ambassador-in-Residence at Drake University
Former U.S. Ambassador to China and Nation’s Longest-Serving Governor Will Host Office Hours and Lead Lectures for Drake Students
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Drake professor publishes research showing virtual settings have no impact on team performance; findings go counter to popular assumptions
New research from Drake University, co-authored by Professor Ina Purvanova, chair of the College of Business and Public Administration’s management and organizational leadership department, concludes that the performance of teams is not influenced by virtual environments.
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Keys to Excellence honors philanthropist Sally Bay Bartlett Nov. 29
The 2021 season of the Drake University Keys to Excellence Piano Series opens with Nicholas Roth, professor of piano at Drake University, presenting a memorial concert honoring Sally Bay Bartlett, who passed away in March. Bartlett’s support for the Drake piano program was far reaching.
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Drake student wins Pacemaker feature story of the year
Allaire Nuss, a 2021 graduate of the Drake School of Journalism and Mass Communication, has won a national Pacemaker award for Feature Story of the Year.